Marking-tag.



I PATENTED 11119.11, 1908. 1. KAUFMAN.

MARKING TAG. APPLlcATIoN 'FILED 9111119.19911. y

UNITED sie;

T all whom it may concern.: Be 1t known that I, Invlxo Kansen', a\, citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsY in Marking-Tags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to marking tags and more particularly to that class of tags which are designed to be attached to textile fabrics and other similar art-icles of merchandise and to have written on them the numbers, cost and selling prices, and like memoranda relating to the article to which they are attached.

It has for its object the )roduction of a tag which may be. quickly and securely attached to and easily removed from the fabric, and whose attaching devices are thoroughly "housed when the tag has been attached,

Y equal length.

tive lengthsof the flaps is not, however, esl thereby rendering it impossible for the device to scratch or wound the hands in the handling of the merchandise.

',lhc tag has for a further object the capability of subsequent use, as it can be removed without mutilation.`

With the foregoing objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction Vand combination of parts, which will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side4 elevation of the tag showing the same applied; Fig. .2 is a pers ective view of the tag in position to be app ied; Fig. 3 is a sectional view drawn to a greatly enlarged scale through thefastening device; Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective detail views of the female and male members of the locking device respectively. Fig. 6, is a face view of avmodihcation, and F ig. 7 is a plan view of the disk used for locking the male member to the tag.

y improved tagr is preferably formed of a. single strip of heavy paper or other snitable material, creased at its middle to form the flaps 1 and '2, which flaps are of about The equality of the respecsential to the invention, and they may be unequal lengths if desired. On the front side of the tag is printed any desired form; as shown and designated 3 in Fig. 1.

In the free end of the fla 1 is secured the male member 4 of the iiistening device, which member, consists of a rivet having a ointed stem 5, the stem being swelled be- Speecaton\of Letters Patent. Application tiled March 3, 1908. Serial No. 418,942.

.cumferential flange 17.

ow the point at .6, providing an annular Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

shoulder thereon. The stem is cut away below the annular shoulder 7, at S, forming the square shoulder 9, and 10 represents the usual head or flange of the rivet.

The member4 is inserted through the free end` of the flap l and is permanently secured therein by means of the disk l1, which disk is slit at. 12 and provided with `a central opening 13, the pointed stem 5 being inserted through central opening 13 of the disk and by reason of the disk 11 being slit at 1?., it will spring over theswelled portion 6 of the steln 5 an s )ring back into locking contact under the s ioulder Qfon the stern, thereb Y securing the flap 1 between the head 10 of tlie rivet 4 and disk 11.

The female attaching membe 14 is in the form of a hollow rivet and is provided with af, cylindrical stem portion 15, having an opening 16 in the upper end thereof, the lower end portion being bentv outwardly to form a cir'- The lower three quarter )art of the said cylinder portion, as well as the flange is split into six or more sections by means of the slits 1S, which`afford resiliency at the mouth or socket 19 and also Serve as to render the cylindrical portion 15 easily collapsible as indicated in Fig. 3, within the cap or cover 20.

The female member 14 is secured on the flap .2 by reason of a suitable opening (not shown) being rovided therein through which the cylimliical portion 15 is inserted with the flange 17 flush against the inner side of the flap 2. T he cap or cover 20, is then placed over the opposite end of the cylindrical portion on the opposite side of the-llap, and a downward pressure is then applied by any suitable tool (not shown) and the cylindrical stem 15 is collapsed within the cap or cover 20, thereby securing the female mem# ber 14 to the llap 2, the cap or cover 2Q affording a'housing to the pomt 5 of the male member.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6, I have shown two of the attaching devices secured on a tag instead of but one, as it is oft times necessary to use more than one where the tag required is of very large dimensions in order to prevent the ends from curling.

Mv device is operated as follows: The fabric B is inserted between the flaps 1 and 2 of the tag A, with the stem 5 of the male member 4 opposite the socket 19 of the female member 14. Pressure is then applied to the male member and by reason of the i i i jl :l Al

stein being pointed it will easily pass through the fabric, thence into the socket 19 Y of the female member 14. The socket being resilient will permit the swelled portion of the male member to extend tliereinto and `will lock under the ainiular shoulder T thereon, with the point 5 of the male. member l housed within the cap or cover' 20. The resiliency of the socket 19 is such as to render the attaching device being opened without inutilating the tag but is of sufficient contracting strength to securely secure the ineinb rs into `:ocking contact for the purpose for which it is intended.

Slight changes might be resorted to in the forni and arrangement of the several parts herein described'within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit and sco )e of my invention, hence I do not desire to llimit myself to the exact construction as herein set forth.

Having fully described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: y

1. A marking tag of the character described, composed of two flap ends, one of which is provided with a pointed stem having an annular shoulder thereon, the other flap being provided with means for engaging with the said shoulder on the stem in which the said stem is confined and housed when the ends of the tag are pressed together, substantially as described.

2. A Amarking tag of the character 'dcscribed, composed of two flap ends, one of which is provided with a pointed st ein, having an annular shoulder thereon and a head on the opposite end thereof, a disk provided with a central opening therein, and a plurality of slits opening thereinto, the said disk being secured over tie said stein and on the inner face of the said flap, the other flap end being provided with means for engaging with the said annular shoulder on the siem and in which the said stem is confined and housed when the ends of the tag are pressed together, substantially as described.

3. .X marking tag of the character described. composed of two fiap ends, one of which is provided with a pointed stein having an annular shoulder thereon, the other end being provided with a collapsible hollow cylindrical stein provided with an openi. g in the upper end and a circumferential tiange formed on the opposite end thereof, and a plurality of slits within the said cylindrical stem extending through the. said flange, a cap, adapted to be secured on the upper end of the said hollow cylindrical stem when the said stein is collapsed therein, the said flange end of the said stem adapted to engage with the annular shoulder on the first mentioned stem, whereby the said stem is retained and housed therein when the ends of the tag are ressed together, substantially as described. 4. The combination with a. marking tag of the character described, composed of a folded card having two flap ends and a. fasteuing device, of a pointed stem provided with an annular shoulder thereon, a head provided on the. opposite end of the said stem, a collasible hollow cylindrical stem having a circumferential flange. on one end thereof, and a )lurality of slits within the said stem exten( ing through the said flange, a cap secured on the opposite end thereof, substantially as described.

5. The combination in a tag of the character described, comprising two flap ends, of a male member provided with a pointed stem, having an annular shoulder thereon, a head provided on the opposite end thereof, and a female member com rising a hollow collapsible cylindrical stem, iaving a circumferential flange on one end thereof, means for securing the said members to the said flap ends, substantially as described.

6. The combination with a t-ag of the character described, comprising a folded card having two flap ends and a fastening device,

of a pointed stem provided with an annular shoulder thereon, a head provided on 'th'e opposite end of the said stem, means for securingr the said stem on one fla end, a collapsible hollow cylindrical stem liaving a circinnferential flange on one end thereof, and a pluralit) of slits within the said cylindrical stem extending through the said flange, a cap securing the said collapsed cylindrical stein on the other flap end and adapted to house the point of the first mentioned stem when the ends of the tag are pressed together, substaniially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in prese-nce of two witnesses.

IRYING KAU FBIN.

'itnesses:

E. ALTON BnmvixG'ioN, Mani M. MAGRAW. 

